Interests

Education

BA, University of Illinois-Urbana Champagne

MA, PhD, University of California-Los Angeles 1991

Biography

George Gumerman IV is currently researching prehistoric food and
culture on the north coast of Peru. The Moche Foodways Archaeological
Project aims to understand Moche culture through the study of
food. Moche culture is consumed by death, warfare, and human sacrifice.
Gumerman’s discovery of a large funerary feasting complex at the extraordinary
site of El Brujo indicates that feasting also revolved around death.

In addition, Gumerman is collaborating with the Hopi Cultural
Preservation Office, educators, elders, and archaeologists, to develop a Hopi
culture curriculum for Hopi schools. The Hopi Footprints project is an
incredible opportunity to improve teacher quality that uses archaeology and
elder oral history as a foundation to build a standards-based cultural
curriculum.